He
held the Guinness World Record for highest IQ at 210 [1]. He could
absorb languages like a sponge-- not just rote memorization but also
thoroughly grasping grammar and nuance. At age 3, he was attending
physics lectures at Hanyang University. He could read Korean, Japanese,
German, and English by the time he was 4. When he was 8 he was invited
to the U.S. by NASA, where he earned his masters and PhD at Colorado
State. Afterwards, he worked as a nuclear physicist and researcher at
NASA for 5 years until the ripe age of 16, upon when he suddenly wrapped
up his life overseas and returned to Korea.

To everyone's
curiosity (and dismay) he enrolled in a 'no-name' university and studied
civil engineering. He originally could…